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When Hollywood makes a live-action adaptation of a Japanese property, fans usually groan. Infamous movies like Tekken and Dragon Ball Evolution could attest to the fan backlash. And even their creators aren't fond of those movies as well.

Shibuya demonstration also attracts one woman in call to "Crush romantic capitalism! " February 14 falls on a Thursday this year, and so Japan's Kakumeiteki Himote Domei organization decided it would be best to plan their annual Valentine's Day ev...

Square Enix trademarked "Parasite Eve" in the United Kingdom the other day, following the same trademark that was filed in Europe back in November 2018. Unlike Square Enix's recent Mana series-related trademarks in the United States and Europe, th...

While the portrait of Sophia looked impressive in Xenogears, it might look even better on your wall. According to Hachima, Square Enix is selling a high-quality replica version of the painting in a fancy frame based on the original game data.

As initially revealed on the jacket of Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid volume 8, Coolkyoushinja's manga is about to return to the small screen once more. A second season of the anime adaptation has officially been confirmed, with further information ...

Led by Squall Leonhart, a group of young mercenaries are drawn into conflict involving a sorceress from the future named Ultimacia who aims to compress time itself. The story of Final Fantasy VIII was first told 20 years ago today when it released...

Sony Interactive Entertainment announced today that Deputy President Jim Ryan will be appointed as the next President and CEO of the company effective April 1, replacing current CEO John Kodera. Current President and CEO John (Tsuyoshi) Kodera wil...

Ni No Kuni is one of Level 5's most beloved video game franchises. And now, it's getting an anime film adaptation! The staff recently held a press conference, where they revealed new details on the film.

Nippon Ichi Software and Acquire announce survival adventure game To All of Mankind for PS4, Switch Survive in a ruined Akihabara. Nippon Ichi Software has announced Jinrui no Minasama he, or To All of Mankind, a new survival adventure game develo...

NBC Universal Opens Anime Cafe in Akihabara by Matt Schley February 10, 2019 NBC Universal might not be the first name that pops into mind when it comes to anime, but its Japan branch is actually involved in the creation of several anime series.

During an Ask Me Anything with Kadokawa business producer, Junichiro Tamura, over on the Anime sub-reddit, which took place on February 9th, 2019, Tamura talked about a variety of topics related to the anime The Rising of the Shield Hero.

By Alistair Wong . February 10, 2019 . 3:30pm Devil May Cry 5 director Hideaki Itsuno recently had an interview with Game Watch, focusing on how V came to be a character and, how often you get to play as him.

Kojima Productions' lead artist Yoji Shinkawa is best known for his work on the Metal Gear and Zone of the Enders series, but his latest project is Square Enix's survival action shooter, Left Alive. Shinkawa doesn't often show much of his creative...

After a successful TV anime run, the prequel manga to Osamu Tezuka's classic series, Young Black Jack, is nearing its end. According to Young Champion magazine's 5th issue for 2019, Yuu-Go Ohkuma and Yoshiaki Tabata's Young Black Jack manga is app...

Anime movie Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl has announced its release for Jun. 15 in Japan along with its latest key visual, featuring heroine Makinohara Shouko in both her middle school and grown up incarnations.

Elderly Americans have reacted with shock and confusion to the phenomenon of "ahegao", which has recently gained some degree of mainstream popularity on social media. The increasing popularity of the ahegao fetish (a face distorted by incomprehens...

Frame Arms Girl, the anime series about female action figures who do battle, is getting a compilation film this June. This weekend at Wonder Festival, a new trailer for that film, Kyakkya Ufufu na Wonderland, was unveiled-and that trailer includes...

This one seems like it came out of nowhere as Tsuburaya Productions has rolled out the first episode of the 2015 series Ultra Fight Victory on YouTube and it's done with an English dub with it. The show is just three minutes in length so it's a qu...

During a press conference over the weekend, Warner Bros. Japan announced that a Ni no Kuni anime film will launch in Japan this Summer. It will be produced by Level 5. Confirmed by the AnimeNewsNetwork, Warner Bros.

"I drew Super Mario in my notebook" says amazing artist, but this isn't any bored-in-class doodle. World 1-1 of the original Super Mario Bros. is one of the most important things in the history of video games.

We learned back in October that this year will have a new adaptation that's in the wings with Why the hell are you here, Teacher! ? . The project comes from the manga by Soboru and we now have a new key visual to the right for it along with some c...

More information recently surfaced about Mix, an upcoming anime based on Mitsuru Adachi's baseball manga about siblings striving toward success and the ultimate goal of the national tournament. The series officially premieres in Japan on April 6, ...

Jump Force has gotten a new English-subbed trailer featuring all the characters revealed up to this point, just ahead of its release date this week. The game brings in iconic characters from Dragon Ball, Naruto, One Piece, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure...

The current iteration of this franchise with Kiratto Pri☆Chan is moving right along and we had gotten a key visual recently that showed off three of the new cast members that would be joining for the season.

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